Another day, another death

Amy Winehouse is dead, that is sad. It is sad not because of who she was, but because of who she was.

She was a young female, a human being who through a combination of alcohol and drug abuse ended up living a brief life.

The question is how many more people out there are going to have the same thing happen to them?

Among the 18 to 23 age group in women one of the fastest rising diseases is cirrhosis of the liver. Ask any liver surgeon which group of people have they started seeing lots more of and they will quote the above demographic.

Why now?

Well this is something that has it's roots in the 1980's. The hedonism that the eighties brought also brought an opportunity for women to go out drinking like never before. Men have always been able to quaff but it was not ladylike for a woman to go out on a pub crawl. Once upon a time women like that were given labels, unfairly I hear you say but non the less they were given those labels. Now it is pictures of the ladette that we see on the front pages of our newspapers. A free thinking, free spirited young powerful woman entering a career and earning top dollar. And then partying like no man before.

The challenge is that women have some major disadvantages when it comes to drink in comparison to men. As a result they damage their liver's more easily and at a younger age. And no one wants to talk to them about it.

Education, right here, right now. Let us curb the flow of young wasted lives.